Slow cooker beef and broccoli

This slow cooker beef and broccoli is pretty much like a stir fry. Key differences:

you can make it ahead of time

you can use cheaper cuts of meat and the meat turns out beautifully tender

With this is in mind, you could tweak this recipe to use what veggies you had on hand and alter the spice combinations to suit your preferred tastes. If it was only me eating it, I would add some fresh chillies to it as well, to bump up the heat a little.

My recipe uses coconut amino sauce. Coconut amino sauce is like soy sauce without the soy! If you eat soy sauce you could use that instead, but perhaps just a little less as it is a stronger flavour.

I however have eliminated all soy from my diet. What you choose to eat is a very personal decision and like all nutrition issues there are proponents on both side of the soy fence. If you are after info on soy, these articles are worth a read:

The Bottom Line on Soy and Breast Cancer Risk – from the American Cancer Society – author concludes with “Even though animal studies have shown mixed effects on breast cancer with soy supplements, studies in humans have not shown harm from eating soy foods. Moderate consumption of soy foods appears safe for both breast cancer survivors and the general population, and may even lower breast cancer risk.”

Is Soy Bad For You, or Good? – from Authority Nutrition – author concludes with “I personally choose to avoid soy… even though the evidence is inconclusive, the fact that it is a relatively new food in the diet that contains endocrine disrupting compounds is reason enough for me.”

Add this mixture to the slow cooker with the beef. Give a little stir so all the meat is covered. Don't freak out at how little liquid there is. It multiplies! As you can see in my photos there was plenty of liquid in the meal.

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Nicole Avery is a Melbourne mum to five beautiful kids aged 19 to 9. Nic is slightly addicted to spreadsheets, tea, running, CrossFit. Her goal for 2017 is to invest in relationships with family, friends and community to bring joy and connection. Read More…